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Nature, Published online: 14 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01834-9 Lung cancer risk was higher in people who took up electronic cigarettes than in those who quit smoking completely.

Nature, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01902-0 Video blogger’s viral accusations of data manipulation in Nature journals have sparked intense debate and speedy institutional investigations.

Nature, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01912-y Nature staff discuss some of the week’s top science news.

Nature, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01858-1 After years of effort, two research teams have developed ‘laser phase plate’ systems that could help cryo-electron-microscopy users to generate high-quality structures for a broad range of proteins.

Nature, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01888-9 A new benchmark pitting AI against previously unseen maths problems shows systems still fall short of top human expertise.

Nature, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01911-z Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

Nature, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01876-z The papal letter goes beyond a religious document and diagnoses a failure in AI governance that the scientific community should heed.

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01857-2 Softening of the cells on the outermost suface of the trap lets the plant move at a breakneck pace.

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10784-1 Author Correction: Plasticity and language in the anaesthetized human hippocampus

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01866-1 Nature asked a football-journal chief about emerging trends in the sport, from AI tools to PhD students embedded with teams.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01878-x Evidence from fossilized poo reveals the diverse diet of ancient ground squirrels. Plus, the science behind the peptide craze and our innate tendency to wander anticlockwise.

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01886-x The treasure trove of fossils and bones has already revealed a new species of extinct whale.

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01129-z A PhD student in China who has changed his focus twice since obtaining his undergraduate degree is struggling to keep up.

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01865-2 As the men’s football World Cup gets under way, how the game weighs on the health of athletes still isn’t talked about enough, says player-turned-medic Vincent Gouttebarge.

Nature, Published online: 11 June 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-01707-1 The free platform, called Journal Trends, could also allow integrity sleuths to spot low-quality publications.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10628-y Experimental demonstration of quantum error-correcting codes combined with error detection and post-selection applied to a trapped-ion quantum processor shows improvements in logical error rates ranging from 11× to 800× compared with several physical circuit baselines.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10629-x Analyses of brain single-cell transcriptomes from human, mouse, lizard, lamprey and amphioxus reveal that duplicated genes (ohnologues) played a pivotal part in early vertebrate cell-type diversification.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10623-3 Whole-brain, cellular-resolution imaging reveals a hierarchical thalamus–brainstem attractor network that encodes recent history and shapes behavioural bias in zebrafish.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10588-3 Mitochondria interact directly with the nuclear pore complex via VDAC1–RANBP2 binding to sustain nuclear ATP levels.

Nature, Published online: 10 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10634-0 Sleep and exercise can slow clonal haematopoiesis and limit mutant cell-driven atherosclerosis.